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Vin Diesel paid tribute to his late Furious 7 co-star Paul Walker as the action man claimed two top prizes for their final film together at the People’s Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday night.

Walker passed away in a fiery car crash in November 2013, while he was shooting the seventh installment of the blockbuster franchise. The tragedy brought filming briefly to a halt, but Diesel and his co-stars decided to press on with the project as a way of paying tribute to their fallen pal.

After Furious 7 was released last year, it became the highest-grossing film in the franchise, and on Wednesday, it picked up People’s Choice honors for Favorite Movie and Favorite Action Movie.

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Diesel took the stage to accept the accolades on behalf of his castmates, acknowledging his late friend as he held both trophies in his hands.

“As I was coming up here, I always do this – I say I’m not going to get emotional about winning these awards,” Diesel told the crowd. “I was cool while sitting in my seat and then they handed me two awards, one for Favorite Action Movie and one for Favorite Film, and you all thought that this was your favorite film. So I think of Dom (Diesel’s character) and Brian (Walker’s character) and I start to think of Paul.”

He continued, “It (the movie) was a labor of love. My only message to you is you’d be amazed at what you can do with love. You’d be amazed with how powerful a force that is. We didn’t want to come back to filming when the weight of the tragedy was too heavy. It was the love of everyone combined that saw (us) through to the end and now I’m standing here with all of you telling me that this was your favorite film of the year.”

Diesel wrapped up his speech by singing the chorus from “See You Again,” the Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth track commissioned for the Furious 7 soundtrack as a tribute to Walker.

Meanwhile, comedienne Ellen DeGeneres was named the Favorite Humanitarian for her charitable efforts. Through her daytime talk show the former Oscars host has raised over $50 million for various charities concerning animals, people displaced by natural disasters, bullying, breast cancer research, children’s health and more.

Actress Melissa McCarthy presented her pal with the prize, which DeGeneres joked was “crazy, but deserved, but so, so, so, crazy. ”

The ceremony, hosted by Jane Lynch, featured performances from Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello, Jason DeRulo, and The Voice winner Jordan Smith at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.